Tag: Russia

On 17 June, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced a major expansion of sanctions against Russia, targeting "shadow fleet" vessels. 

The EU Commission has put forward a proposal to gradually and effectively stop the import of Russian gas and oil into the EU by the end of 2027.

The UK Prime Minister intensified economic pressure on Russia with a sweeping package of new sanctions, as he rallied support for Ukraine at the G7 Summit in Canada on 17 June.

A tugboat towing two empty barges ran aground on 8 June in the Kazachinsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, along the Yenisei River, spilling about 30 metric tons of diesel fuel into the water.

Russia expects a 50% rise in voyages by foreign vessels through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2025, state nuclear energy company Rosatom told Reuters in late May.

On 2 June, the tanker Gorizont-1 collided with the Columbia pier at the Kazan River Port, located on the Volga River in Kazan, Russia.

All Russian sailors from the oil tanker Seven Pearls have been evacuated from Yemen following a U.S. airstrike near the Houthi-controlled port of Ras Issa in late April.

Dryad Global issued an advisory informing on the latest developments in the Black Sea region and risks to shipping and food supply chains.

A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa on May 26 killed two people and injured eight others, Ukrainian news sources reported.

The European Union (EU) has unveiled its 17th sanctions package against Russia -the largest as of yet- blacklisting 189 additional Russian-linked tankers and bringing the total number of sanctioned vessels to 342.